What is the hawaii state fish & how do u pronounce it?

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Marilyn B

Reef triggerfish--Triggerfishes are brightly colored fish of the family Balistidae. ... Rhinecanthus rectangulus: Reef triggerfish or humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua'a

(hū'mū-hū'mū-nū'kū-nū'kū-ä'pū -a' a')

P.S. -- Thanks to fl2nc2ca (below) for pointing out the speaker icon symbol that actually pronounces a word aloud. That's cool!!

Janeway DeltaQ

HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA
Is the Hawaii State FIsh which literally means "the fish with a nose like a pig". The Hawaiian reef trigger fish is pronounced just like it is spelled with each vowel matching up with the consonant on its left. If there is no consonant on its left (another vowel instead) then the vowel is pronounced by itself (see the ending of the name).

HU-MU
HU-MU
NU-KU
NU-KU
AH (pronounced as in Bah, humbug)
PU
AH
AH

fl2nc2ca2md2nc

hu·mu·hu·mu·nu·ku·nu·ku·a·pu·a·a

check the link below, it will play an audio of the pronunciation for you. Just click on the speaker icon to the right of the pronunciation...

Just Jess

It's the Reef Triggerfish, scientific name Rhinecanthus rectangulus. Humuhumu nukunuku apua'a is the Hawaiian name.

It's pronounced:
hoo moo hoo moo new koo new koo ahh poo ahh ah

lillanigyrl

Humu humu nuku nuku a pua'a....
It is a small fish with the mouth that looks like a trigger. Check this out it is an island song....

Little Grass Shack.....

THERE'S A PLACE IN HAWAII
THAT IS VERY DEAR TO ME
I AM HOMESICK AS CAN BE
WON'T YOU LISTEN TO MY PLEA?

I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA HAWAII
I WANT TO BE WITH ALL THE KANES AND WAHINES THAT I KNEW LONG AGO

I CAN HEAR OLD GUITARS A-PLAYING
ON THE BEACH AT HO'ONAUNAU
I CAN HEAR THE HAWAIIANS SAYING
"KOMO MAI NO KAUA IKA HALE WELAKAHAO"

IT WON'T BE LONG 'TIL MY SHIP WILL BE SAILING BACK TO KONA
A GRAND OLD PLACE THAT'S ALWAYS FAIR TO SEE.
I'M JUST A LITTLE HAWAIIAN AND A HOMESICK ISLAND BOY,
I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY FISH AND POI,

I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKUA, HAWAII
WHERE THE HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA GOES SWIMMING BY
WHERE THE HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA GOES SWIMMING BY

GothMimiKitty

The state fish is the Humuhumunukunukuapua'a and it is pronouced:

who-moo-who-moo
new-coo-new-coo
ah-poo-ah-ah

Ron

It is the humuhumunukanukaapuaa, and it is pronounced just like it sounds, hooma hooma nooka nooka apooh ah ah.I hope that works for you, Aloha......

Alvarez

pronounced who-moo-who-moo-new-koo-new-koo-ah-poo-a...

S. Schaefer

Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

(humu+humu+nuku+nuku+ah+pu+ah+ah)

Humuhumunukunukuapuaa

HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA

Easy to pronounce, if you remember that Hawaiian vowels are pronounced almost exactly as vowels in Spanish.

As is the case with many Hawaiian words, there is a lot of syllable repetition.

HUMU x 2

NUKU x 2

APU-AA

Repeat fast now:

HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUAA.

Easy!

Aloha.

Brady

Humuhumunukunuku apua'a. And it's pronounced basically just like it looks... As long as you can wrap your mouth around it.

Starbucks lover

Well Im Hawaiian and the fish is called
Humunukunukuapuaa, just break it down into words.

And for the guy who said Hawaii was a dumb place...whatever to him lol. Its not dumb, its a pretty laid-back and tropical place if you ever get a chance to visit there someday. Busy town too.
I lived in Hawaii for 7 years and i am 100% Hawaiian.

soccerref

The state fish of hawaii is the humuhumunukunukuapua'a and it's pronounced just as it's spelled:

hu
mu
nu
ku
a (like the a in aqua)
pu
a'a (like the a in aqua with a glottal stop in in).

Glottal stop means you stop the flow of air for a second and then continue on with the same sound.

Hope this helps....

J e n n

humuhumunukunukuapua`a
humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pu-a-a
pronounced like this:
whoo moo whoo moo nuu kuuu nuu kuu ahh poo ahh ahh
Good luck :)

Sarah Kanoewai

hehehe, I like that song!

anyway, as everyone else said, it's Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

konaBoi4life

Find out
you'r on the internet and you'r asking a dumb question.

Corrina Marie

HONOLULU — Everyone thought the humuhumunukunukuapuaa was Hawaii's state fish. As it turns out, the brightly colored fish with the excessively long name has been dethroned.

Triggerfish

i like tacobell

humunukunukuapuaa and you pronouce it like "who-moo-nuke-u-nuke-u-a-poo-a-a"

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